Zonosaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae.

Geographic range

Species in the genus Zonosaurus are found in Madagascar and Seychelles.

Species

The following 17 species are considered to be valid.

• Zonosaurus aeneus (Grandidier, 1872) – bronze girdled lizard

• Zonosaurus anelanelany Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000

• Zonosaurus bemaraha Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000

• Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner, 1891 – Boettger's girdled lizard

• Zonosaurus brygooi Lang & Böhme, 1990 – Brygoo's girdled lizard

• Zonosaurus haraldmeieri Brygoo & Böhme, 1985 – green zonosaur

• Zonosaurus karsteni (Grandidier, 1869) – Karsten's girdled lizard

• Zonosaurus laticaudatus (Grandidier, 1869) – western girdled lizard

• Zonosaurus madagascariensis (Gray, 1831) – Madagascar girdled lizard

• Zonosaurus maramaintso Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006

• Zonosaurus maximus Boulenger, 1896 – southeastern girdled lizard

• Zonosaurus ornatus (Gray, 1831) – ornate girdled lizard

• Zonosaurus quadrilineatus (Grandidier, 1867) – four-lined girdled lizard

• Zonosaurus rufipes (Boettger, 1881) – red-legged girdled lizard

• Zonosaurus subunicolor (Boettger, 1881)

• Zonosaurus trilineatus Angel, 1939 – three-lined girdled lizard

• Zonosaurus tsingy Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000 – tsingy plated lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Zonosaurus.

References

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Gerrhosauridæ, ... xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Zonosaurus, new genus, p.127).

• Raselimanana AP, Raxworthy CJ, Nussbaum RA (2000). "A revision of the dwarf Zonosaurus Boulenger (Reptilia: Squamata: Cordylidae) from Madagascar, including descriptions of three new species". Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas 18: 1–16.